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  By  RJ Wolcott,  WSU News & Media Relations Kahlil Philander sat down for a CNBC documentary called "Generation Gamble" earlier this year. Photo Courtesy - CNBC A WSU Everett professor who studies the gambling industry is featured in a new CNBC documentary on the risky financial behaviors of Millennials and Gen Z. Mobile apps taking cues from slot machines, how social media’s playbook for increasing engagement is being applied to investments and the rise of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, were among the topics Kahlil Philander discussed with the film’s producers earlier this year. “On the heels of  Wall Street Bets’  rise and the Gamestop/AMC episodes, the filmmakers knew they wanted to do something around risk taking, so I talked to them about some recent findings around consumer behavior and what it means for where the world is today,” Philander said. “ Generation Gamble ,” hosted by CNBC’s Melissa Lee, debuts Tuesday at 8 p.m. EST Philander is an assistant professor in

Disruption to cell service has had a devastating impact on an economy gradually boosted by the growth of mobile money services. Maimouna Moro/AFP/Getty Images By  NICK ROLL  and  ALHOUSSEINI ALHADJI 27 OCTOBER 2021  • TIMBUKTU, MALI At about 1,000 kilometers long, the winding road from the historic city of Timbuktu, in the arid north of Mali, to Bamako, the capital in the south, is not for the faint of heart. It’s in disrepair in many parts, and stalked by jihadists and armed groups — which is why many who can afford it opt to fly instead. So, on a recent August day, when Ali Nialy arrived in Bamako via a two-day bus ride, the first thing he wanted to do was let his parents back home in Mali’s restive north know that he had arrived safely. But the phone call wouldn’t go through. Nialy wasn’t alone: That silence on the other end of the line has become all too familiar to Malians in recent months. “I couldn’t find them for a week,” Nialy said of his parents. “I didn’t know where they wer

Kenyan media reported that a High Court Judge, Teresia Matheka has declared that being a housewife should be considered a full-time payable job. The judge said: “It is easy for the spouse working away from home and sending money to lay claim to the whole property purchased and developed with that money by the spouse staying at home and taking of the children and the family. That spouse will be heard saying that the other one was not employed so they did not contribute anything. Raising children is a full-time job that families pay a person to do as well as cooking and cleaning. Hence, for a woman in employment who has to balance childbearing and rearing this contribution must be considered.” Comment: Such declarations are as result of the leeway provided for by the adoption of the secular capitalist ideology and its evil systems. It is imperative to note that when human beings stray away from the path of their Creator – Allah (swt), then whims and desires are what guide the

        Three Major Social media companies Shutdown  Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp are all currently offline. Facebook acknowledged the outages on Monday but did not say why its websites and applications were down. Reports on DownDetector.com suggest the outages began around 12 p.m. ET. Facebook employees were also unable to use the company's internal email on Monday, a source told CBS News.  "We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app," the company said in a statement. "We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience." Mike Schroepfer, the company's chief technology officer, also tweeted an apology: *Sincere* apologies to everyone impacted by outages of Facebook-powered services right now. We are experiencing networking issues and teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible." In 2019, Facebook experienced a sim

The Pandora Papers reveal the inner workings of a shadow economy that benefits the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of everyone else . Millions of leaked documents and the biggest journalism partnership in history have uncovered financial secrets of 35 current and former world leaders, more than 330 politicians and public officials in 91 countries and territories, and a global lineup of fugitives, con artists and murderers. The secret documents expose offshore dealings of the King of Jordan, the presidents of Ukraine, Kenya and Ecuador, the prime minister of the Czech Republic and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The files also detail  financial activities of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “unofficial minister of propaganda” and more than 130 billionaires from Russia, the United States, Turkey and other nations. The leaked records reveal that many of the power players who could help  bring an end to the offshore system instead benefit from it – stashing assets in